"Jesse, wait!" Kate cried, running out of Barley's Restaurant. "Wait, Jesse! Please!" "Forget it Kate", Jesse yelled angrily over her shoulder. "I have nothing to say to you." Kate caught up, grabbing Jesse's arm, tugging her to a stop. "Look, I'm sorry", she said. "I know what I did was wrong, but..." "I said forget it!" Jesse snapped. She whirled around...
Libby had just put her husband on the plane for his six month tour to Iraq. She was heart broken. The fear was running through her. The thoughts, "What if he doesn't come home?" "How will I cope alone?" Her mind racing as she drove home. Denver International Airport was such a big place. It took her longer to get out of the airport than it did to actually dr...
Mina and Lisa - by Polly+Anna (2260 words) Aviary Insemination -- for Twilight Harlequin (1/28/20) Mina and Lisa had spent the past year working 70-hour weeks in the 54th floor "dungeon" of Dewey, Cheatham and Howe, one of the most prestigious law firms in Manhattan. It had been an iffy thing - their supervising partner Mark Quesdesade had only grudgingly...
These are the final two chapters to my story TIFFANY. Enjoy! ***** CHAPTER FOUR SHIPBOARD ROMANCE It was obvious that Jazz had already left for the docks and the Cruise Ship. Running very late Tiff grabbed her bags and went outside to meet the Taxi telling herself that she would shower once in her cabin. Tiff had booked a single inside cabin on the thir...
The Morning Run It was a chill spring morning when I met up with Melanie in front of her house, dressed in my black track pants and grey parka with a good pair of red running shoes. We had been confined to our homes for the last 2 months and it was really starting to take a toll on our sanity. Mel and I had met up over the last few days after we decided i...
Ashleigh stepped out of her father's grey Volvo and slammed the door shut. The heavy sun beat down on her. She walked round to the back of the Volvo and opened the trunk. "Want a hand with that, Ash?" Her father smiled and lifted out the heavy suitcase. "Thanks Dad," She smiled back and took the suitcase from him. "Well, have a great time at camp sweethea...
I sighed deeply as I unpacked the last of my toiletries onto the little wooden shelf in my corner of the cabin. It was the first day of a long summer, and while I was excited to begin my third year as a Counselor at Camp Chipewana, I was still smarting from being dumped out of the blue the night before. I had been with Lauren for 18 months, and it had always...
Emily was still on the clock for another couple of hours as she left Brittany and Leslie's cabin, but she had no texts on her work phone. She decided to go back to the bar she had been to a couple of days before, idly wondering if Sarah would be working again. When she entered the bar, Sarah was again beside the bar, and gave Emily a little wave as she sat d...
Catherine lived in a small town, just outside of Bakersville California. She grew up in a Christian household with her parents, and had no brothers or sisters. Becoming a teenager in a strong Christian household was a difficult thing to do, especially when it came to sexuality. Catherine was always taught that thinking sexual thoughts about the opposite sex,...
Tami stirred. The morning glow crawled into the bedroom. Lifting her head, she read the time on the clock radio. She had twenty more minutes to snooze. Rolling over, Tami closed her eyes. She wanted to sleep, but she wouldn't. She always hated the restless tiredness that came from sleeping in a strange place. She sighed, knowing that she would just lay here...